Cayman Fenvalerate

Fenvalerate is a pyrethroid ester insecticide and acaricide.^1,2 It is a slow activator of voltage-gated sodium channel 1.8 (Na_v1.8).¹ It induces mortality in pyrethroid-susceptible and -resistant strains of M. domestica (LD₅₀s = 0.014-5 µg/fly).³ Fenvalerate also induces mortality in tobacco budworm larvae but is associated with pyrethroid resistance with an increase in LD₅₀ values from 1.01 to 20.85 µg/g over a six-year timeframe.⁴ It induces mortality in 95.5% of T. macfarlanei spider mites when applied to leaves at a concentration of 0.015%.²

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